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πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
conflicto: āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. id..
I In gen., to strike together violently; hence, trop., mid., to fight with, contend or struggle with (rare): qui cum ingeniis conflictatur ejusmodi, Ter. And. 1, 1, 66; so, cum adversā fortunā, Nep. Pelop. 5, 1; Cic. Har. Resp. 19, 41: odio inter sese gravi conflictati sunt, Gell. 12, 8, 5: cornibus, with the wings of the army, Front. Strat. 2, 3, 5. —Once also act.: ut conflictares malo, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 20.—
II Esp., to strike forcibly to the earth, to ruin; so very rare in act.: qui plura per scelera rem publicam conflictavisset, Tac. A. 6, 48: fera sese conflictans maerore, Plin. 8, 17, 21, § 59; but very freq. and in good prose (most freq. in Tac., never in Quint.) in pass.: conflictari aliquā re, to be severely tormented, vexed, harassed, afflicted; to be brought to ruin: nos duriore (fortunā) conflictati videmur, Cic. Att. 10, 4, 4: judiciis turpibus, id. Fam. 9, 25, 3: honestiore judicio, id. Quint. 13, 44: superstitione, id. Leg. 1, 11, 32: iniquissimis verbis, id. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69: a quibus se putat diuturnioribus esse molestiis conflictatum, id. Fam. 6, 13, 3: magnis et multis incommodis, Auct. Her. 2, 24, 37: magna inopia necessariarum rerum (opp. abundare), Caes. B. C. 1, 52: gravi pestilentiā, id. ib. 2, 22: gravi morbo, Nep. Dion, 2, 4; Plin. 23, 1, 27, § 58; Suet. Claud. 2: iniquā valetudine, Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 4: multis difficultatibus, Liv. 40, 22, 8: saevis tempestatibus, Tac. Agr. 22; cf. Suet. Aug. 17; Tac. A. 1, 58 fin.: multis aemulis, id. ib. 6, 51: pervicaci accusatione, id. ib. 13, 33; 14, 50; 15, 50 al.: foedā hieme, id. H. 3, 59: saevissimā hieme, Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 209.—
(b) Without abl.: ii (sc. milites) tantum conflictati sunt qui, etc., Tac. H. 3, 82: filia Appii Caeci ap. Gell. 10, 6, 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cōnflīctō,¹¹ āvī, ātum, āre (confligo),
1 intr., se heurter contre, lutter contre : cum aliqua re Ter. Phorm. 505, lutter contre qqch.
2 tr., bouleverser : plura per scelera rem publicam conflictare Tac. Ann. 6, 48, déchirer l’État par un plus grand nombre de forfaits ( Plin. 8, 59 )
